Of all the characters in the Bible, it is David who is most human. His
life is lived on the "rough-edged actuality" of real life, and his
relationship with God is an energetic one. Through the passions, the
trials, and the lyrical poetry of this beloved figure, we gain powerful
insights into the role of God in our own lives.
In this inspirational volume, Professor Eugene H. Peterson, translator
of "The Message, " uses stories from David's epic life as vivid lessons
in everyday faith and spirituality. Exploring David's experiences of
friendship, grief, love, sin, and suffering, as well as sanctuary,
beauty, and wilderness, he reawakens us to the enduring truths behind
these beloved stories.
"As we tell and listen to the David story, we're at the same time being
trained in the nature of story itself as the primary literary form for
receiving God's revelation."
--from "Leap Over a Wall"
"Eugene H. Peterson skillfully uses the David story to talk not about
David, but about you and about me. "Leap Over a Wall" is the human story
in all its wonder and terror and pity."
--Richard J. Foster, author of "Celebration of Discipline" and "Prayer:
Finding the Heart's True Home"
"The author brings the Old Testament world revealingly close to our own
century, and he makes vivid the notion that God's purposes are worked
out in the ordinariness of specific human lives."
-- "Publisher's Weekly"
"This Everyman analysis brings new life to the stories of David and
Goliath, David and Bathsheba, David and Absalom, David and the
Temple."
-- "The Washington Post"
